As you have likely noticed, the chanting this morning is accompanied by the kirtan group instead of harmonium only as we usually have on Sundays. We hope to include kirtan from time-to-time in Sunday services so all can experience a taste of devotional kirtan chanting, which is a part of our long meditations at least once-per-month.

Our 2018 General Membership Meeting will be held today after the Sunday Services. All are invited and welcome to attend. We plan to start at 12:15 and will end no later than 2 p.m.

On Sunday, November 18th after the service, we will have our annual Shoeboxes of Joy packing and wrapping party. A list of needed items is on the Helping Hearts bulletin board in the Social Room. Please join us in the Social Room to wrap and assemble boxes of needed items to be given to the elderly and disabled who are isolated from family and friends during the holiday season. The wrapped and filled boxes are distributed by Catholic Community Services volunteers. We will provide boxes, wrapping paper, and instructions for packing. All donations of items on the list or any empty shoe boxes will be greatly appreciated – if you bring these items in early, please place them under the Information Table. Light snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there.

Our Thursday evening service on November 22 is canceled because of Thanksgiving.

All are warmly invited for our three pre-Christmas 4-hour kirtan meditations.Our first pre-Christmas 4-hr kirtan meditation is on Saturday Nov 24th from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.. Note the evening timing for these three meditations and that each will be preceded by group Energization Exercises at 4:40 p.m. The usual 10 a.m. meditation on those days is cancelled.

Over the past two weeks, our contractors have successfully installed blow-in insulation to the interior and exterior walls of our chapel, repairing cracks in the chapel walls, and painting all interior chapel walls. Next we are making plans to install new light fixtures in the chapel, and additional speakers on the back beam of the chapel.

This coming week, the Sunday School room will be covered in plastic and used as a “paint studio” for our new 15-foot-wide building sign, which needs several coats of background paint and detailed paint on the raised lettering. The Thursday evening study group may need to be moved to either the youth group room or chapel if the project is still ongoing; next week’s Sunday School will be unaffected.

Our 2018 General Membership Meeting will be held on November 11th after the Sunday Services. All are invited and welcome to attend.

On Sunday, November 18th after the service, we will have our annual Shoeboxes of Joy packing and wrapping party. A list of needed items is on the Helping Hearts bulletin board in the Social Room. Please join us in the Social Room to wrap and assemble boxes of needed items to be given to the elderly and disabled who are isolated from family and friends during the holiday season. The wrapped and filled boxes are distributed by Catholic Community Services volunteers. We will provide boxes, wrapping paper, and instructions for packing. All donations of items on the list or any empty shoe boxes will be greatly appreciated – if you bring these items in early, please place them under the Information Table. Light snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there.

Our Thursday evening service on November 22 is canceled because of Thanksgiving.

The subject for today’s service is, “Man’s Highest Conception of God”.

We are in the midst of installing blow-in insulation to the interior and exterior walls of our chapel, and painting all interior walls of the chapel. Lots of progress was made this past week, and thanks to those who attended the Tuesday meditation which was moved to the Sunday School room due to the project. This Tuesday, the 7-9 p.m. meditation will also likely be moved to the Sunday School room. Thanks for your understanding as we beautify our Center’s chapel.

Our regular 10 a.m. 3-hour Saturday meditation on November 3rd will include Kirtan. As usual, Group Energization Exercises will be practiced at 9:40 a.m.

Our 2018 General Membership Meeting will be held on November 11th after the Sunday Services. All are invited and welcome to attend.

On Sunday, November 18th after the service, we will have our annual Shoeboxes of Joy packing and wrapping party. A list of needed items is on the Helping Hearts bulletin board in the Social Room. Please join us in the Social Room to wrap and assemble boxes of needed items to be given to the elderly and disabled who are isolated from family and friends during the holiday season. The wrapped and filled boxes are distributed by Catholic Community Services volunteers. We will provide boxes, wrapping paper, and instructions for packing. All donations of items on the list or any empty shoe boxes will be greatly appreciated – if you bring these items in early, please place them under the Information Table. Light snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there.

Today we will be viewing the DVD: Yoga – The Quintessence of Spirituality by Brother Chidananda, 2017 (part 1 of 2)

We will have our next Day of Service on Saturday, October 27th. A vegetarian lunch will be served directly after the 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. meditation, and then we will do projects around the Center up until 5 p.m. For those who wish to come and meditate prior to the 1 p.m. lunch, you may enter quietly and join the last hour of the group meditation in the chapel either at 12:00 noon or 12:30 p.m. during the chanting. All are welcome for the Day of Service, including children, for any length of time that you can stay.

Please mark you calendars for our 2018 General Membership Meeting on November 11th after the Sunday Services. We would also like to invite any newer members who are attending regularly, but haven’t signed up to become Voting Members, to consider doing so.

Our regular 10 a.m. 3-hour Saturday meditation on November 3rd will include Kirtan. As usual, Group Energization Exercises will be practiced at 9:40 a.m.

The subject for today’s service is, “Karma: the Law of Cosmic Justice”.

All are invited to attend a one day retreat at our Center on Saturday, October 20th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be periods of group meditation, Energization Exercises, readings, kirtan, a lunch break, and free-time to walk the grounds, read quietly, or meditate. The detailed schedule for the day is listed on our website’s online calendar.

We will have our next Day of Service on Saturday, October 27th. A vegetarian lunch will be served directly after the 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. meditation, and then we will do projects around the Center up until 5 p.m. For those who wish to come and meditate prior to the 1 p.m. lunch, you may enter quietly and join the last hour of the group meditation in the chapel either at 12:00 noon or 12:30 p.m. during the chanting. All are welcome for the Day of Service, including children, for any length of time that you can stay.

Please mark you calendars for our 2018 General Membership Meeting on November 11th after the Sunday Services. We would also like to invite any newer members who are attending regularly, but haven’t signed up to become Voting Members, to consider doing so.

The subject for today’s service is, “Divine Selfishness: Serving Oneself in All”.